| One of the most sought after telecommute jobs are | | | | don't focus on the "work at home" aspect usually. |
| data entry positions. That's not too surprising - who | | | | There are a few exceptions I can think of, but more |
| wouldn't love the idea of sitting at home pushing | | | | often you will find that the "telecommute" aspect is |
| buttons on their keyboard and getting paid for it? | | | | minimized greatly in legitimate ads. They focus instead |
| Unfortunately, legitimate typing jobs can be hard to find. | | | | on the job details itself, and the kind of candidates they |
| Data Entry Scams | | | | are seeking to work for them - and then they mention, |
| The first thing you would probably find if you searched | | | | "oh, by the way, telecommuting would be okay for the |
| online for these kinds of jobs would be scams. You | | | | right person..." |
| can spot them quickly: websites filled with glowing | | | | 2) Seek other forms of typing jobs |
| testimonials from supposed employees who are | | | | "Data entry" is really an umbrella term for any kind of |
| earning thousands of dollars a week typing at home, | | | | typing work - or "entering data into a computer |
| and of course the ever-present request for money to | | | | system," in other words. This would include jobs like |
| join their program - just to prove you're "serious" about | | | | transcription, coding, and many other administrative |
| working from home. (Please don't fall for that. No | | | | duties. When you search for telecommuting jobs online, |
| legitimate employers will ask you for money.) | | | | try searching for keywords like: clerical, order entry, |
| With so many of these scams taking up valuable | | | | order clerk, typing, administrative, assistant, transcription, |
| internet real estate space, it can be hard to find the | | | | coding, and so on. There are endless jobs that would |
| real jobs that may be buried beneath them. But they | | | | be similar but the companies may not be using that |
| do exist! | | | | exact term. |
| I would recommend two courses of action if you want | | | | When the search results come up, examine each ad |
| to find a real data entry job: | | | | carefully to determine whether telecommuting might be |
| 1) Focus on individual companies rather than "mass | | | | an option. |
| hires" | | | | So, to answer the question I posed at the beginning of |
| Rather than searching for a "work at home" job, | | | | this article - YES, telecommute data entry jobs are for |
| search for a job that allows telecommuting. That | | | | real. You just may need to do a lot of digging to find |
| sounds like the same thing, but there is a huge | | | | them. |
| difference. Real companies who want to hire people | | | | |